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Officials emphasize that these sanctions aim to cut off Iran’s economic lifelines by targeting the opaque networks, including tanker operators in Hong Kong, India, and China, as well as Iranian oil terminals. The regime has long relied on covert shipping tactics, such as ship-to-ship transfers, falsified documents, and disabling tracking systems, to evade Western sanctions and export crude secretly. The US’s goal remains to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero, particularly targeting shipments to China, Tehran’s main remaining customer.